Boulder’s Cheerful Culinary Community: Meet Food Lab Boulder

Ushering in the holidays means the return of long-awaited annual culinary traditions, from slow-cooking, hearty dishes that fill the house with the smell of their mouth-watering flavors for hours on end to holiday desserts, treats, and more. Most of all, the holidays are a time of prepping meals to be spread out on a table surrounded by gatherings of family and friends to all enjoy together. This spirit of culinary community and creation is one that Food Lab here in Boulder on Pearl Street’s East End is steeped in.

Celebrating their one-year anniversary on December 15th, Food Lab offers a variety of cooking classes and learning opportunities for Boulderites while also encouraging building community around the preparation of food.

“Food Lab is a non-intimidating place for people to come and learn, cook, break bread around a common table, make friends, and mostly have fun,” says Casey Easton, founder of Food Lab. “Food is a universal language and people bond over it, so Food Lab is really a special place.”

With a background as a personal chef, Easton often enjoyed the enriching experience of taking cooking classes while traveling and opened Food Lab after realizing that Boulder and its residents would greatly benefit from such a venue. A place where food and its preparation is explained, revered, and celebrated, Food Lab offers both an educational and community-building experience.

Food Lab offers a variety of classes led by immensely talented local chefs. From classes that allow participants to deep dive into a very specific area or element of cooking, such as sauces, dumplings, or even meatballs, to classes that teach cooking methods and those that embrace whole menus from different regions of the world, the Food Lab calendar is varied, creative, and enticing. Food Lab likewise hosts camps for kids to teach them the basics of cooking as well as private parties and events.

Easton notes that the holidays are a particularly fun and exciting time at Food Lab because of the extra festive and celebratory vibe of their classes. Food Lab’s upcoming class schedule is abundant with workshops that will get you into the holiday spirit, provide ideas for meals and treats, and teach valuable lessons in common holiday food preparation specifics.

With spirits available for purchase to imbibe in and make you feel at home during class, Food Lab’s workshops are wonderful ways to learn something new and get into the festive spirit. Giving the gift of a cooking class with a Food Lab gift card is also a great way to bring culinary cheer to someone’s holidays. Check Food Lab out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, for even more information on exciting opportunities, and prepare to be enticed by all the delicious and creative experiences they offer.

About Lisa Van Horne

Lisa Van Horne is a freelance writer and editor. From growing up in Reno to the beaches of San Diego to the subways and train stations of New York City to Boulder's mountainous views, Lisa has been people-watching and scribbling all her life. Having found home in Boulder, Lisa enjoys learning about new people and places, taking on creative challenges, hanging out with her chocolate lab, and exploring all that Colorado offers.